Enrique Iglesias performs for his Euphoria Tour at the Toyota Center in 2011.

Enrique Iglesias performs for his Euphoria Tour at the Toyota Center in 2011.

Photo: Nick de la Torre / Houston Chronicle

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Enrique Iglesias performs for his Euphoria Tour at the Toyota Center in 2011.

Enrique Iglesias performs for his Euphoria Tour at the Toyota Center in 2011.

Photo: Nick de la Torre / Houston Chronicle

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Enrique Iglesias performs for his Euphoria Tour at the Toyota Center in 2011.

Enrique Iglesias performs for his Euphoria Tour at the Toyota Center in 2011.

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Enrique Iglesias performs for his Euphoria Tour at the Toyota Center in 2011.

Enrique Iglesias performs for his Euphoria Tour at the Toyota Center in 2011.

Photo: Nick de la Torre / Houston Chronicle

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Enrique Iglesias performs for his Euphoria Tour at the Toyota Center in 2011.

Enrique Iglesias performs for his Euphoria Tour at the Toyota Center in 2011.

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Enrique Iglesias performs for his Euphoria Tour at the Toyota Center in 2011.

Enrique Iglesias performs for his Euphoria Tour at the Toyota Center in 2011.

Photo: Nick de la Torre / Houston Chronicle

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Enrique Iglesias performs for his Euphoria Tour at the Toyota Center in 2011.

Enrique Iglesias performs for his Euphoria Tour at the Toyota Center in 2011.

Photo: Nick de la Torre / Houston Chronicle

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Enrique Iglesias performs for his Euphoria Tour at the Toyota Center in 2011.

Enrique Iglesias performs for his Euphoria Tour at the Toyota Center in 2011.

Photo: Nick de la Torre / Houston Chronicle

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Enrique Iglesias performs for his Euphoria Tour at the Toyota Center in 2011.

Enrique Iglesias performs for his Euphoria Tour at the Toyota Center in 2011.

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Enrique Iglesias performs for his Euphoria Tour at the Toyota Center in 2011.

Enrique Iglesias performs for his Euphoria Tour at the Toyota Center in 2011.

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Enrique Iglesias performs for his Euphoria Tour at the Toyota Center in 2011.

Enrique Iglesias performs for his Euphoria Tour at the Toyota Center in 2011.

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Enrique Iglesias performs for his Euphoria Tour at the Toyota Center in 2011.

Enrique Iglesias performs for his Euphoria Tour at the Toyota Center in 2011.

Photo: Nick de la Torre / Houston Chronicle

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Enrique Iglesias performs for his Euphoria Tour at the Toyota Center in 2011.

Enrique Iglesias performs for his Euphoria Tour at the Toyota Center in 2011.

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Enrique Iglesias performs for his Euphoria Tour at the Toyota Center in 2011.

Enrique Iglesias performs for his Euphoria Tour at the Toyota Center in 2011.

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RodeoHouston review: Enrique Iglesias

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Things get a little crazy when Enrique Iglesias is in the building.

The bilingual superstar didn’t have to do much to incite lusty squeals Tuesday inside Reliant Stadium. (It was his fourth RodeoHouston appearance and first in eight years.) Smile. Sigh. Tequila shots.

Nevertheless, Iglesias worked hard to please a crowd of 56,598 fans. He’s a tireless performer and an expert at working the mammoth venue.

Iglesias’ strength is indeed his connection with fans. He jumped offstage (in his trademark ball cap and T-shirt) and atop a platform near fans at the gates during “Bailamos.” You could almost feel the frenetic energy quaking through the aisles.

He beckoned a fan onstage during romantic ballad “Lloro por ti”- and quickly chastised security when they tried to stop her. Three giddy females ended up onstage, and Iglesias shared tequila shots with them (along with several hugs).

He circled almost the entirety of the arena during ‘Escape’ and serenaded a married woman during ‘Hero.’ (Her husband said it was OK.) She was within few swoons of fainting.

A sea of cell phones lit up the stadium, at his request, during “Be With You.” And when Iglesias launched into “Baby I Like It,” he gave anyone and everyone the OK to come up near the stage. Hordes of people pushed past security, jumped rails and ran across the dirt floor.

It was, amid so much rehearsed rodeo-ness, a bit of blissful madness.

And, yes, Iglesias dropped an f-bomb during the techno-pop thump of an otherwise edited version of ‘Tonight (I’m Lovin’ You).” Chalk it up to the heat of the moment.